Hazing

A former softball player at St. Joseph's University claims in a lawsuit that she endured sexually charged hazing so bad that she contemplated suicide and was forced to quit the team. The federal lawsuit by the unidentified plaintiff against the university and softball coach Terri Adams alleges "a widespread and well-known culture of abusive and sexually charged hazing" on the team. The plaintiff alleges that during a weeklong hazing period in 2013, the player was subjected to demeaning behavior such as being forced to perform a sexually lewd dance, to ask and answer sexual questions and tell sexual stories. She alleges that she saw other freshman players forced to simulate...

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A former softball player at St. Joseph's University claims in a lawsuit that she endured sexually charged hazing so bad that she contemplated suicide and was forced to quit the team.
The federal lawsuit by the unidentified plaintiff against the...

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Shotguns. Poisons. Lethal injection.
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Members of an Elmhurst College sorority tossed away hundreds of copies of the student newspaper and face possible disciplinary action, campus officials said Thursday.
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